Museum of Witchcraft and Magic

3421 – Collegeville Clown Costume

Physical description:

A red and blue vinyl costume with plastic mask depicting the painted face of a grinning clown.

Size:

35 x 21 cm

Information:

A Collegeville costume of a Clown, c. 1960-70. The Collegeville company is located in Pennsylvania, and began producing flags in 1910 and later used the off-cuts to create clown and jester costumes, upon which this design is based.

Resource:

Object

Materials:

Carboard, cellophane, vinylplastic gown and mask

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